| Description |
549 pages : illustrations, portraits |
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Includes index. |
| Form |
Also available on digital images. |
| Contents |
Introductory chapter: the town's early settlement (p.5) -- Hon. Marcus H. Holcomb: Connecticut's third war governor (p.20) -- The Farmington Canal: dismal failure to Southington (p.26) -- Southington had first cement: told in life of Luman Andrews (p.40) -- Pioneers of the gold field: experiences of many townspeople (p.51) -- Atwater's grist mill: had longest continued existence (p.64) -- The bolt and nut business: first established in Southington (p.69) -- The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.: the first tinsmiths in the country (p.163) -- H.D. Smith Company: has existed nearly seventy-five years (p.186) -- The Beaton & Corbin Company: original makers of ceiling plates (p.199) -- Frank Taylor Wheeler: made good as manufacturer in Plainville (p.206) -- The Torbin Tool Company: manufacturers of high grade tools (p.210) -- Thomson Forging Company: makers of forgings and small tools (p.213) -- Hartford Battery Mfg. Co.: making great success in its line (p.215) -- Southington Hardware Co.: makers wood screws of iron, brass, bronze (p.225) -- Blakeslee Forging Company: does a successful drop forging business (p.233) -- Atwater Manufacturing Co.: long established high grade forgings (p.240) -- The Ellis Manufacturing Co.: have made small tools for many years (p.246) -- Local geological formation: interesting scientific study for experts (p.251) -- First Congregational Church: its history begins with the town (p.262) -- Sally Lewis Association: necrology of many former attendants (p.279) -- St. Paul's Episcopal Church: had hard struggle to establish itself (p.318) -- Southington Baptist Church: had many hard years in establishment (p.322) -- Plantsville Baptist Church: an offspring of the Uptown society (p.330) -- Plantsville Cong. Church: seceded from the Uptown Parish (p.333) -- Methodist Episcopal Church: was first organized in Flanders district (p.343) -- St. Thomas's Catholic Church: established nearly seventy-five years ago (p.346) -- Lutheran Evangelical Church: German Parish founded in Southington, 1872 (p.350) -- Southington Hospital Fund: large donation by Mrs. Julia A. Bradley (p.353) -- Encampment of Rochambeau: monument erected on French Hill (p.356) -- Southington Water Company: well managed and paying institution (p.358) -- Building and Loan Association: it is a progressive institution (p.364) -- Mrs. Emma M. Yeomans Newell: bequeathed memorials to Southington (p.368) -- Southington Golf Course: was play ground of Indians (p.372) -- Southington Post Office: mail was served once a week in early days (p.375) -- Masonic Fraternity: established in town, seventeen-ninety-five (p.379) -- Southington electric roads: had one of earliest in Connecticut (p.390) -- Kiltonic Post, American Legion: successful society, world war veterans (p.393) -- West Street old families: most of whom are dead or moved away (p.402) -- Southington public schools: up-to-date and progressive institutions (p.407) -- Oak Hill Cemetery: many other places of interest (p.410) -- Southington Fire Department: first organized in the year 1834 (p.418) -- Southington Bank & Trust Co.: had made good showing in eight years (p.423) -- Southington Savings Bank: conservative and well managed institution (p.426) -- Hannah Woodruff Chapter [DAR]: has been very active in good deeds (p.428) -- Southington Memorial Park (p.430) -- Southington Men of mark: many have been credit to the town (p.431). |
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Pioneers -- Connecticut -- Southington.
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Community development -- Connecticut -- Southington.
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Civic leaders -- Connecticut -- Southington.
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Manufacturing industries -- Connecticut -- Southington.
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Southington (Conn.) -- History.
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Southington (Conn.) -- Genealogy.
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Southington (Conn.) -- Biography.
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Southington (Conn.) -- Social life and customs.
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Southington (Conn.) -- Church history.
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Hartford County (Conn.) -- History.
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Hartford County (Conn.) -- Genealogy.
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Hartford County (Conn.) -- Biography.
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Hartford County (Conn.) -- Social life and customs.
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Hartford County (Conn.) -- Church history.
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Civic leaders. (OCoLC)fst00862334
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Community development. (OCoLC)fst00870818
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Manufacturing industries. (OCoLC)fst01008071
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Pioneers. (OCoLC)fst01064447
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Connecticut -- Hartford County.
(OCoLC)fst01211874
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Connecticut -- Southington.
(OCoLC)fst01207140
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United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Southington -- History.
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United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Southington -- Biography.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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Genealogy. (OCoLC)fst01423818
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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